Post-marketing observational study of a nutritional care plan, including a higher calorie, higher protein oral nutritional supplement (ONS), prescribed to Spanish patients, both free living and residing and nursing homes, who have been identified as malnourished. The objective is to assess the impact of the ONS on body weight, activities ...

Although morbidly obese subjects have larger than regular caloric intake, there is evidence that they suffer from nutritional deficiencies at a higher rate than the general population, probably because they eat mostly "unhealthy food."

Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) is a frequent condition in patients suffering from cancer, especially the elderly. According to some studies, this malnutrition has important consequences in this population, by increasing the risk of treatment toxicities, premature interruption of chemotherapy, mortality and risks of complications. Identifying cases of malnutrition is an objective ...

The investigators will determine the prevalence of impaired wound healing upon admission to the hospital as well as the incidence of new wound healing disorders during hospital stay with specific focus on malnutrition and other important nutritional parameters in geriatric patients. Therefore the investigators intend to study consecutively admitted patients ...

Subjects Participant of the study will be all patients newly admitted to selected wards at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (and possibly RAH Paisley). An average of 8 patients per day are admitted to the relevant wards and this study will aim to recruit a total of 200 over ...

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is an endocrine disorder that affects 6-12% of reproductive-aged women within the general population. Currently, there is limited knowledge on the current lifestyles of women with PCOS and the psychosocial factors associated with PCOS. The researchers plan to examine potential lifestyle differences and psychosocial factors between ...

One day international cross-sectional audit in all types of hospital wards. Intensive care units are excluded. Data are collected with the help of questionnaires. Anonymised data entry into the audit database is done with individual and anonymous center and unit-codes. The data collected consist of four parts: Unit organisation and ...

Survey Design The survey covers nine provinces that vary substantially in geography, economic development, public resources, and health indicators. A multistage, random cluster process was used to draw the samples surveyed in each of the provinces. Counties in the nine provinces were stratified by income (low, middle, and high), and ...